Thursday – April 11, 2019

THIS DAY IN HISTORY

1921 – IOWA LEVIED THE FIRST STATE CIGARETTE TAX

1968 – LBJ SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL

1981 – LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HE WAS SHOT, PRESIDENT REAGAN RETURNED TO THE WHITE HOUSE

2004 – PHIL MICKELSON WINS HIS FIRST MAJOR — THE MASTERS

News and The Politics out of D.C.

TRUMP SAYS HE MAY CALL UP MORE MILITARY TO THE BORDER

AG BARR TICKS OFF DEMS BY DECLARING TRUMP CAMPAIGN WAS SPIED ON

TREASURY DEPT MISSED THE DEM’S DEADLINE FOR HANDING OVER TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS

BERNIE SANDERS RE-INTRODUCED HIS ‘MEDICARE FOR ALL’ PROPOSAL (SOME DEMS ARE DUBIOUS)

ELIZABETH WARREN PITCHED A WEALTH TAX THEN RELEASED HER TAX RETURNS (SHE’S A MILLIONAIRE TOO)

MAYOR PETE BUTTIGIEG IS GAINING SUPPORT FROM CONSERVATIVES, HITS 3RD PLACE IN ONE DEM POLL

CALIFORNIA’S FEMALE VOTERS NOT BOTHERED BY BIDEN’S HANDSY NATURE

REPS AOC, ILHAN OMAR CLAIM THEY ARE BEING TARGETED WITH DEATH THREATS

OHIO HOUSE AND SENATE PASS HEARTBEAT ABORTION BAN BILL

NOT GOOD: ONE YEAR LATER, OUR BUDGET DEFICIT IS 15% HIGHER

WASHINGTON DC HAS A SEMI-SECRET CLUB FOR YOUNG TRUMP STAFFERS

General News

ASSANGE ARRESTED IN LONDON

‘BOMB CYCLONE’ STORM HAMMERS CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTRY

BUSTED: THOUSANDS OF AMAZON EMPLOYEES  BUSTED FOR LISTENING TO ALEXA CONVERSATIONS

AVENATTI’S PRIVATE PLANE IS CONFISCATED BY THE GOVERNMENT 

YOUR CAR IS COLLECTING A LOT OF DATA ABOUT YOU AND YOUR LIFE — WHO OWNS IT?

‘AUNT BECKY’ DID NOT THINK SHE’D FACE PRISON TIME FOR COLLEGE ADMISSIONS SCAM (SHE WAS WRONG)

A LONG LOST RELATIVE? FOSSIL EVIDENCE OF NEW HUMAN SPECIES FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES

WOMAN REPORTS BURGLARY IN PROGRESS, SWAT TEAM SURROUNDS HOUSE…CAPTURED A ROOMBA!

Strange News Catching My Eye

FIRST-EVER PHOTO OF A BLACK HOLE — THE GATES OF HELL?

WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER REPORTEDLY TWERKING, FLASHING PASSENGERS ON JET HEADED TO NEW JERSEY

ANOTHER REASON WHY YOU SHOULD NOT HOLD IN YOUR FARTS

GRANNY DIED YEARS AGO…THE FAMILY KEPT HER AT THE HOUSE AND ALSO KEPT CASHING HER CHECKS

TOP NFL DRAFT PROSPECT HAD TO WIPE AWAY SUPPORT FOR TRUMP ON HIS TWITTER